Contents
Preface............................................................................................... 11
Intended audience................................................................................................. 12
Product version......................................................................................................12
Release notes........................................................................................................ 12
Changes in this revision..........................................................................................12
Referenced documents........................................................................................... 12
Document conventions........................................................................................... 13
Conventions for storage capacity values...................................................................14
Accessing product documentation........................................................................... 15
Getting help...........................................................................................................15
Comments.............................................................................................................15
1 System administration overview............................................................ 17
System management architecture........................................................................... 18
Ways to administer the storage system....................................................................18
Overview of Storage Advisor..............................................................................19
Unified management of block storage and file storage................................... 20
Dashboard..................................................................................................21
Inventory and resource information..............................................................26
Device Manager - Storage Navigator.................................................................. 27
Maintenance utility............................................................................................28
NAS Manager................................................................................................... 29
2 Preparing your management software................................................... 31
Installing Storage Advisor....................................................................................... 32
Installing Storage Advisor with the application installer........................................32
Installing Storage Advisor with the virtual appliance............................................ 34
Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a DHCP environment.............................. 34
Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a static environment...............................36
Changing the root password immediately after installation...................................38
Logging in to Storage Advisor............................................................................ 38
Logging in when Storage Advisor is not available................................................ 39
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System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models